Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story is written by Tony Scherman and Wynton Marsalis. Synopsis: From his show business debut at the age of five, tap dancing with his brother and aunt in the last days of black vaudeville, Earl Palmer grew up to become the beat of popular American musical culture...Music writer Scherman's "as told to" style is rich with anecdotes and stories, some of the most amusing being the ledgers from Palmer's session work with acts from Jimmy Durante to Bonnie Raitt.

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